How to Use delusion in a Sentence

delusion

noun
  • She is under the delusion that we will finish on time.
  • He has delusions about how much money he can make at that job.
  • As the illness progressed, his delusions took over and he had violent outbursts.
  • He is living under the delusion that he is incapable of making mistakes.
  • And it was born from words, not delusion.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 11 Mar. 2026
  • A little delusion, maybe—but the good kind.
    — Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Sib has hands full right now with the partner’s delusions of grandeur.
    — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2023
  • He's stuffed tight with delusions of grandeur and fetid grievances.
    — Ron Charles, Dallas News, 13 Aug. 2019
  • The real person might not be as good as your delusion of them.
    — Bianca London, Glamour, 19 July 2023
  • Do not listen to them, for they are fueled by delusion.
    — J.j. Bailey, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Is this someone who should be a nun or someone in the grip of a delusion?
    — Mick Lasalle, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Nov. 2017
  • Hence my delight in the brief delusion of my own banning.
    — Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Americans need to hear that most of the world does not share this delusion.
    — Star Tribune, 22 Jan. 2021
  • What’s meant to be a delightful romp just comes off as pure delusion.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 14 Mar. 2024
  • After all, true friends do not allow their friends to live in a state of delusion.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
  • In brief, the first point is that the AI ought not to start a delusion.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Or are all the happenings just a delusion?
    — Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Or are all the happenings just a delusion?
    — Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 16 Mar. 2026
  • So the dreams — or delusions — of past officials proved false.
    — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Which is the problem, but also the delusion.
    — John Tamny, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The drugs are meant to quell the type of paranoid delusions that may have fueled last year’s crash.
    — Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 2 May 2024
  • Such is the delusion of the long-distance duck-hunting road- ​tripper.
    — T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream, 10 Mar. 2020
  • Also, just a little bit of delusion will carry you a long way.
    — Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 16 June 2026
  • This level of delusion must be studied.
    — Jon Root Outkick, FOXNews.com, 26 June 2026
  • Jack is in his Woodside apartment, in the throes of a delusion.
    — New York Times, 3 Dec. 2020
  • His delusion is central to why this revival is so potent.
    — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2026
  • Poor practice and a degree of self-delusion explain much of this.
    — David Robert Grimes, The Atlantic, 29 July 2022
  • There’s a kind of delusion that my book speaks to — a kind of a communal madness.
    — Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2021
  • His delusion is central to why this revival is so potent.
    — Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Don't miss these This delusion is the source of great comedy.
    — Richard Edwards, Space.com, 29 Nov. 2025

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